Meet the team
Every day we have one aim:
To provide the best Home Care possible. So we don’t cut any corners. Whether that’s giving our Care Experts the training they need, closely tracking any changes in your loved one’s health or making sure you feel involved every step of the way, our quality of care will put your mind at ease. Our team are on hand to support and guide you through the care journey, we’d love to talk and answer any questions you may have on 01473 748931.
Bluebird Care Ipswich
Your local team
Here for you and your loved ones
Here for you and your loved ones
Hasina Khan - Registered Care Manager
Hasina joined Bluebird Care Ipswich in March 2017. She has worked at various levels in the Care Sector for over 20 years. Her early experience was in the supported living services sector with people with learning disabilities. A specialist in elderly care and mental health, she has in recent years broadened and deepened her knowledge by working in the health and community care field. She has extensive experience with customers who have a dementia diagnosis and has wide understanding about providing care for customers with learning disabilities, mental health, children and young adults with learning difficulties She started her career as a care assistant and has progressed through various positions and has been in a managerial role since 2007. Hasina believes that your sole motivation to working in care must be a passion for people and making a difference to their lives. She is particularly passionate about investing in her team and continuing to strive to deliver a leading, premium, homecare service in the local community.
Gary Poole - Care Delivery Manager
I joined the Care sector in April 2016 after many years as a professional driver (LGV) I decided I needed a change in vocation. This led me into joining the Care Sector and I joined a local company as a Community Support Worker working with people with Acquired Brain Injuries, Mental Health and Autism/Learning Disabilities. Six months later I was promoted to an Assistant Service Manager in Ipswich and continued in that role but at a larger Supported House in Stowmarket until I joined Bluebird Care in August 2020. I began at Bluebird Care as a Care Supervisor and remained in that role until April this year when I was promoted to the Care Delivery Manager and am now responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company ensuring we are delivering the very best care.
Liz Worlledge - Care Administrator
Liz has 17 years of experience working in Suffolk County Council as an Occupational Therapy assistant and previously has also worked as a support worker. She has varied administration skills, having worked in the insurance and finance sector before. Liz manages the smooth running of the office, ensures all paperwork is filed away correctly, all stocks of PPE and office supplies are maintained, carers are well-received when they come to the office and that any issues are dealt with swiftly and efficiently. Liz, alongside Hasina, runs our in house training in a fun and engaging way, aiming to inspire new members of staff as they start their journey with Bluebird Care. She joined Bluebird Care in August 2018.
Cristina Rotaru - Care Coordinator
I have worked with Bluebird Care for 9 years, accumulating strong interpersonal skills, enabling me to build trust with clients and collaborate effectively with other healthcare professionals and loved ones. Bluebird Care helped me to learn more about clinical care and continue positively impacting others' lives and my life allowing me to develop my skills, be promoted as a care coordinator, allow me to study NVQ 3, and support individuals with diverse health conditions such as Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Autism, Learning disability etc. I was born in Romania and came to the UK in 2016 for better opportunities and to develop my knowledge and learn new skills for my career and a better future.
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Sally Chilvers - Field Care Supervisor
I started my career in nursing 43 years ago in 1981 when I went to Suffolk college to do my pre- nursing course. In 1982 I started my nurse training and then when I qualified, I went to work with the elderly I worked nights when my children were small and then went on to be a Unit manager with a care home for 7 years . Over the last 20 years I have managed care homes. I have joined Blue bird care July 2024 to see what it is like to care for people in their own home and promote the independence to encourage them to keep doing so. I hope that with the knowledge of nursing and manging I can support and be part of a team that can continue to provide excellent care to the customers of blue bird care
Sandeep Thodeti - Field Care Supervisor
I started with Bluebird Care in October 2022. Care is what I enjoy doing, and here I had the opportunity to progress to supervisor early in 2024 which I am enjoying. This gave me the opportunity to do my NVQ level 2. I look forward to further improving my skills and knowledge to serve in this role.
Laura Hawkshaw - Senior Care Assistant
I started doing domiciliary care work nearly five years ago, in Kings Lynn and have been with Bluebird care just over two a half years. I really enjoy the variety of work and experiences I have had, in caring and supporting adults of all ages and with different needs. Recently I have completed my NVQ level two diploma in adult social care and hope to carry on to study level three, to help me to continue to grow in knowledge, and to support the carers in Bluebird care team. My family and I have moved around quite a lot due to my husband’s job, I wanted to give my children stability, so I stayed at home to look after our two children. When they went to school, I did little part time jobs, running a children’s club one day a week for about five years until we moved and then I worked in an office doing admin for the church.
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Management team
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Here for you and your loved ones
Atul Dhir - Director
Our Director, Atul Dhir and Namita are joint co-owners and Directors of the franchise for Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. They opened the Ipswich branch 13 years ago. Since then he has taken on the Bury St.Edmunds & Stowmarket territory. I am a very hands on Director, and I like to spend time in the office to ensure that everything runs smoothly. My current focus is on converting our systems to new technology which will mean a more dynamic way of working for our care staff and our office based staff too. Exciting times! Atul has a degree in Business Administration and has many years’ experience of delivery of high quality professional services to demanding customers through his previous business ventures. He successfully ran three art galleries in the Kent area and has several years’ experience in service-orientated consumer facing businesses at the 'high end' of the retail sector. This background, together with the support and experience of the Bluebird Care franchisor, has made it possible for Atul to create a platform from which the team’s Care specialists can provide structured and high quality care services to a range of customers within Suffolk. Atul is a keen golfer in his leisure time and enjoys travelling.
Namita Gandhi - Director
Namita and Atul are joint co-owners and Directors of the franchise for Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. Namita not only has a degree in Literature and Journalism but also has had varied experience of running her own service oriented, public facing businesses. She brings a wealth of experience to the team, has a calm manner and a very methodical and organized way of working and that’s why she is perfect for the role she currently does. She manages the Payroll and book keeping for the business. Namita is passionate about delivering quality homecare services and developing high quality standards. In her non-working life, she is an avid reader, blogger, busy mother of two high-spirited boys and one boisterous puppy!
Maneesha Dhir - Finance
Maneesha has experience in the care sector working with the elderly and has also worked with customers with learning disabilities. She has a degree in Psychology and has also done her AAT. She has over 15 years of experience working in the Civil services as a management accountant and business partner. She joined Bluebird Care in May 2016 and enjoys her varied roles which include invoicing, general administration, recruitment and finds her role to be interesting with never a dull moment in it!